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Elizabeth K. Tanner, PhD, RN, FAAN

Overview

Elizabeth (Ibby) Tanner holds joint appointments in the Johns Hopkins schools of Nursing and Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, and is core faculty in the Center for Innovative Care in Aging. She brings to Hopkins more than 25 years experience working in community settings with underserved older adults, teaching nursing students, and conducting community-based participatory research. She has led curriculum development in the school’s gerontology nursing program, teaches across all program levels, and created a Geriatric Interest Group for Nursing, Public Health, and Medicine students. She is a Hartford Institute Geriatric Nursing Research Scholar, serves on committees of the National Gerontological Nurses Association, the Gerontological Society of America, and Sigma Theta Tau, and is a member of the Baltimore City Commission on Aging and Retirement Education. In China, Germany, and Australia, she provides nursing consultation in designing and implementing methods that prepare nurses to care for aging populations and conduct community-based research. As a researcher, she is a co-investigator on several interdisciplinary research teams focusing on older adults' hospital transitions, promoting independent living in community settings.

Areas of Scholarly Expertise and Interest

Gerontology and health promotion; volunteerism in older adults; the relationship between social factors and health outcomes